EVGA has just announced that European customers, who purchase an EVGA-branded graphics card or motherboard between October 16 and December 21st will be able to participate in its Step-Up Program within a 180-day period (that's double the standard time frame). The Step-Up Program allows people to trade-in their EVGA card or board and upgrade to a greater performance model.

To beef up this promotion even more, EVGA has decided that people who get a card/board until December 21st won't need to purchase an Extended Warranty to quality for the Step-Up Program (the extended warranty is a requirement for the standard 90-day Step-Up Program).